Prateek Surisetti
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"Just got through quite a boring foreword.
Hope it gets better henceforth." — Apr 04, 2023 07:15AM
"Just got through quite a boring foreword.
Hope it gets better henceforth." — Apr 04, 2023 07:15AM
“how important it is to choose what you consume and pay attention to: just as you are what you eat, when it comes to the information you consume, you are what you choose to focus on. Consuming valuable material in general makes scatterfocus sessions even more productive.”
― Hyperfocus: How to Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction
― Hyperfocus: How to Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction
“One study found that when we continually switch between tasks, our work takes 50 percent longer, compared with doing one task from start to completion.”
― Hyperfocus: How to Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction
― Hyperfocus: How to Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction
“We have to work with intention as much as possible—this is especially true when we have more to do than time within which to do it. Intention enables us to prioritize so we don’t overload our attentional space.”
― Hyperfocus: How to Work Less to Achieve More
― Hyperfocus: How to Work Less to Achieve More
“Angela Vicario only dared hint at the inconvenience of a lack of love, but her mother quickly demolished it with one single phrase:
'Love can be learned too.”
― Chronicle of a Death Foretold
'Love can be learned too.”
― Chronicle of a Death Foretold
“By removing every object of attention that’s potentially more stimulating and attractive than what you intend to do, you give your brain no choice but to work on that task.”
― Hyperfocus: How to Work Less to Achieve More
― Hyperfocus: How to Work Less to Achieve More
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